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At 07:56 AM 6/6/03 -0600, MAGIC VAC wrote:
>Since you kill a Coupe by turning off the Mags, the below warning doesn't
>seem valid. If one or both of the mags were staying hot, the engine
>wouldn't die in the first place.
True enough, Larry. If that is hou YOU kill your engine. When I trained
in the Cessna 150, we used the lean cut off method.
It was explained to me at the time that leaving fuel available in the
engine (ie, just snapping off the mags) primed it to start
if the P-lead was broken. So I turn my Ercoupe off by shutting off the
fuel to the carb. It takes longer, but I have to turn it
off anyway to keep fuel from leaking out of the carb due to the needle
seating.
And the shut-off-the-mags-at-idle suggestion was for occasional use. I
feel it is a good check a couple times a year.
Percy in Portland
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